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U.S. first lady Melania Trump has secured \u200ba ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, \u200cwhich will begin on October 29, the White House \u200bsaid on Friday (October 23, 2026).<\/p>\n

Residents of the southern Ukrainian town, \u2060occupied by Russian forces since February 2022, have reported a deepening food crisis.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBoth nations agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for \u200chumanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway,\u201d a White House \u200cstatement said.<\/p>\n

The development comes as Melania Trump\u2019s husband, President Donald \u200cTrump, \u2060pressures Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reach an agreement with \u2060Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, which began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

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Melania Trump has been active in trying to get Ukrainian children \u200bseized by Russia during \u200cthe war returned to their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation in Oleshky is dire. Oleshky is a front-line war city on the brink of disaster. Oleshky\u2019s remaining population is comprised primarily of elderly residents who urgently \u200cneed medical attention, medicine, food, and clean water,\u201d Melania Trump \u200bsaid in the statement.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire will allow non-military teams from both countries to visit residents in their \u2060homes and coordinate transportation for those wishing to evacuate to either Russia or Ukraine, with an unnamed American media organisation accompanying the teams \u200cto document the process, the first lady said.<\/p>\n

Newsmax<\/i>, a right-leaning news outlet, said in a report that its cameras would be granted \u201cexclusive access to document the effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oleshky, located across the Dnipro River from Kherson, has a remaining population of 1,700 to 2,000 people \u2014 primarily elderly residents, along with about 50 children \u2014 down from roughly 24,000 \u200cbefore the war, the White House said. About 90% of the city was \u200bflooded following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, according to the White House.<\/p>\n

The statement said Melania Trump and \u2060her representative worked directly with Russian and Ukrainian leadership to define the terms \u2060of the localised ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u201cResidents who wish to evacuate will receive coordinated support and transportation to their preferred destination. \u200cI anticipate some will want to go to Russia, and some to Ukraine,\u201d Melania Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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U.S. first lady Melania Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. first lady Melania Trump has secured \u200ba ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, \u200cwhich will begin on October 29, the White House \u200bsaid on Friday (October 23, 2026). Residents of the southern Ukrainian town, \u2060occupied by Russian forces since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}